Royal Caribbean debuts its newest ship, Icon of the Seas
Lisa Niver
MarchNews 2024 with Lisa Niver & We Said Go Travel:
I am grateful to all of you who have supported my book journey and all of my writing over the years. It has been amazing to be in different cities and meet people who are interested in my memoir, Brave-ish. Thank you to everyone who has come to my events and bought my book and I am so excited for this next chapter with more TRAVEL TV!
I loved sailing on the brand new Icon of the Seas. I worked for Royal Caribbean on Rhapsody of the Seas as Youth Staff decades ago and I loved it. Thank you The Jet Set TV, Nikki Noya & Bobby Laurie for allowing me to share about Royal Caribbean International’s brand new ship, ICON OF THE SEAS on your travel TV show.
Thank you to the INCREDIBLE & ICONIC production team — Option A Group, Lisa Williams, Sam Harris, Jason Mangini and Patrick Gruss for this amazing segment. See more of my Iconic adventures in these videos:
Thank you The Zoe Report! What an honor to have my article, “My Post-Divorce Wardrobe Helped Me Heal My Inner Child,” go live during OSCARS weekend! Thank you Angela Melero for the incredible opportunity and superb edits.
Thank you to Chanticleer Book Reviews for including my memoir as a FINALIST for the 2023 HEARTEN Book Awards for Inspiring & Uplifting Non-Fiction.
Thank you to Literary Titan for this marvelous 5 star review of my memoir!
Brave-ish by Lisa Niver is an engaging memoir that masterfully interweaves the challenging dynamics of a marriage at a crossroads with vivid accounts of solo travel and self-exploration. The narrative transports readers from the lively streets of Thailand to Fiji’s serene landscapes and into the opulent heart of Monaco, all while offering an introspective look at Niver’s personal journey. READ THE REST and now BUY MY MEMOIR as a paperback, digital book or audiobook!
Becoming Brave and Fearless Over 50
THANK YOU to Arizona Family TV and Jaime Cerreta for interviewing me about becoming brave and my memoir, Brave-ish: One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty.
Did you know I travel with a hula-hoop? Watch my segment on REACH TV Where Next with Kelly Blanco.
Thank you to the PENN GAZETTE for sharing about my memoir!
Lisa Niver C’89, travel writer and author of a new memoir, Brave-ish: One Breakup,Six Continents, and Feeling Fearless After Fifty, writes, “I am so grateful for the overwhelming support and love at my booksigning event at the Penn Bookstore on Nov. 10! A heartfelt thank you to the campus organizations, especially the Pennsylvania Gazette, whose enthusiasm and promotion made the evening truly special. Myalumni friends and family filled the room, and the warm reception filled my heart!
THANK YOU for watching my podcast! It has now been seen and heard in 44 countries on 6 continents!
USA 🇺🇸 India 🇮🇳 Canada 🇨🇦 Ireland 🇮🇪Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 UK 🇬🇧 Italy 🇮🇹 Australia 🇦🇺 Philippines 🇵🇭 Singapore 🇸🇬 New Zealand 🇳🇿 Portugal 🇵🇹 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 Switzerland 🇨🇭 Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Mexico 🇲🇽 Japan 🇯🇵 Fiji 🇫🇯 Seychelles 🇸🇨 France 🇫🇷 Latvia 🇱🇻 Netherlands 🇳🇱 Kenya 🇰🇪 UAE 🇦🇪 Cambodia 🇰🇭 Israel 🇮🇱Guatemala 🇬🇹 Germany 🇩🇪 Uruguay 🇺🇾 Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Spain 🇪🇸 Panama 🇵🇦 Thailand 🇹🇭 Uganda 🇺🇬 Greece 🇬🇷 South Africa 🇿🇦 Costa Rica 🇨🇷 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 Sri Lanka🇱🇰Romania 🇷🇴 Pakistan 🇵🇰 Ghana 🇬🇭 Slovenia 🇸🇮 Cayman Islands 🇰🇾
I loved my photo shoot on Royal Caribbean’s newest ship, Icon of the Seas! Photo by Roy Riley
WHERE CAN YOU FIND MY TRAVEL VIDEOS?
Here is the link to my video channel on YouTube where I have over TWO MILLION views on YouTube! (now at: 2,105,500).
Thank you for your support! Are you one of my 4,260 subscribers? I hope you will join me and subscribe! For more We Said Go Travel articles, TV segments, videos and social media: CLICK HERE
Let your wanderlust guide you to new horizons and unforgettable adventures.
In your travels, may you find not just places, but pieces of yourself waiting to be discovered.
Do you love audiobooks? My memoir, Brave-ish, is available! AND!!! I am the narrator! Did you know that authors have to audition to narrate their books?!!?
Every Shabbat since Oct 7, I have posted on social media about the hostages. I hope that before Passover, they will finally be returned to Israel. Bring Them Home.
There is a benefit of roasting food on skewers, à la shish kebab. By cutting meat and vegetables into smaller uniform pieces, the marinade coats more and the food cooks evenly.
The tight relationship between Trump and Netanyahu masks the real debate over Israel churning in the Republican Party, and Israel’s standing among Democrats has never been lower.
Some emphasized the importance of combating antisemitism and protecting Jewish safety, while others called for political engagement and cooperation across party lines.
So here we are, stuck with just a few bad options to consider. And that’s just the political superposition of undetermined future – alongside it there’s also the possible – probable? – war with Iran.
At a time when Jewish education is competing for attention in a world dominated by screens, sports, short-form videos and endless streams of content, these easily collectable cards offer a different kind of engagement.
There is little chance that the combination of a weakened Trump and an emboldened Democratic Congress produces similar levels of support for aggressive action against Iran and its proxies, and other policies that a wide spectrum of Israelis see as crucial to their security.
In the diaspora and in Israel, we cannot turn back the clock and undo the harm that was done to us. But we can shape our own future. Israel is strong and resolute. So must we be.
Democrats who were long considered “moderates” or even pro-Israel have been signaling over the course of the last year that they can no longer be relied upon to back a Jewish state under assault by Iran and its terrorist proxies.
The Torah offers a comforting view of a life beyond this life. We aren’t told what it will be exactly — yes, it’s abstract and vague — but we are told it’s waiting for us as it was for Abraham.
Iconic Sailing: Niver’s March News 2024
Lisa Ellen Niver
March News 2024 with Lisa Niver & We Said Go Travel:
I am grateful to all of you who have supported my book journey and all of my writing over the years. It has been amazing to be in different cities and meet people who are interested in my memoir, Brave-ish. Thank you to everyone who has come to my events and bought my book and I am so excited for this next chapter with more TRAVEL TV!
I loved sailing on the brand new Icon of the Seas. I worked for Royal Caribbean on Rhapsody of the Seas as Youth Staff decades ago and I loved it. Thank you The Jet Set TV, Nikki Noya & Bobby Laurie for allowing me to share about Royal Caribbean International’s brand new ship, ICON OF THE SEAS on your travel TV show.
Thank you to the INCREDIBLE & ICONIC production team — Option A Group, Lisa Williams, Sam Harris, Jason Mangini and Patrick Gruss for this amazing segment. See more of my Iconic adventures in these videos:
My Post-Divorce Wardrobe Helped Me Channel My Inner Child
Thank you The Zoe Report! What an honor to have my article, “My Post-Divorce Wardrobe Helped Me Heal My Inner Child,” go live during OSCARS weekend! Thank you Angela Melero for the incredible opportunity and superb edits.
Thank you to Chanticleer Book Reviews for including my memoir as a FINALIST for the 2023 HEARTEN Book Awards for Inspiring & Uplifting Non-Fiction.
Thank you to Literary Titan for this marvelous 5 star review of my memoir!
Brave-ish by Lisa Niver is an engaging memoir that masterfully interweaves the challenging dynamics of a marriage at a crossroads with vivid accounts of solo travel and self-exploration. The narrative transports readers from the lively streets of Thailand to Fiji’s serene landscapes and into the opulent heart of Monaco, all while offering an introspective look at Niver’s personal journey. READ THE REST and now BUY MY MEMOIR as a paperback, digital book or audiobook!
Becoming Brave and Fearless Over 50
THANK YOU to Arizona Family TV and Jaime Cerreta for interviewing me about becoming brave and my memoir, Brave-ish: One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty.
Did you know I travel with a hula-hoop? Watch my segment on REACH TV Where Next with Kelly Blanco.
Thank you for your support for my Brave-ish book tour! I was honored to be invited to speak in Mexico at the Women’s Travel Fest. I loved staying at the Grand Hyatt Playa Del Carmen and then visiting Tulum for the first time and staying at Conrad Tulum. For my last night I was at the Hilton Cancun. Enjoy my videos from my adventures!
Learn more about my events: click here and my articles here
Thank you to the PENN GAZETTE for sharing about my memoir!
Lisa Niver C’89, travel writer and author of a new memoir, Brave-ish: One Breakup,Six Continents, and Feeling Fearless After Fifty, writes, “I am so grateful for the overwhelming support and love at my booksigning event at the Penn Bookstore on Nov. 10! A heartfelt thank you to the campus organizations, especially the Pennsylvania Gazette, whose enthusiasm and promotion made the evening truly special. Myalumni friends and family filled the room, and the warm reception filled my heart!
THANK YOU for watching my podcast! It has now been seen and heard in 44 countries on 6 continents!
USA 🇺🇸 India 🇮🇳 Canada 🇨🇦 Ireland 🇮🇪Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 UK 🇬🇧 Italy 🇮🇹 Australia 🇦🇺 Philippines 🇵🇭 Singapore 🇸🇬 New Zealand 🇳🇿 Portugal 🇵🇹 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 Switzerland 🇨🇭 Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Mexico 🇲🇽 Japan 🇯🇵 Fiji 🇫🇯 Seychelles 🇸🇨 France 🇫🇷 Latvia 🇱🇻 Netherlands 🇳🇱 Kenya 🇰🇪 UAE 🇦🇪 Cambodia 🇰🇭 Israel 🇮🇱Guatemala 🇬🇹 Germany 🇩🇪 Uruguay 🇺🇾 Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Spain 🇪🇸 Panama 🇵🇦 Thailand 🇹🇭 Uganda 🇺🇬 Greece 🇬🇷 South Africa 🇿🇦 Costa Rica 🇨🇷 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 Sri Lanka🇱🇰Romania 🇷🇴 Pakistan 🇵🇰 Ghana 🇬🇭 Slovenia 🇸🇮 Cayman Islands 🇰🇾
WATCH my podcast, “MAKE YOUR OWN MAP: Are YOU ready to be BRAVE?” on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Podcast, Google Podcasts, Audacy, Audible, Anchor, Pandora & iHeart Radio
WHERE CAN YOU FIND MY TRAVEL VIDEOS?
Here is the link to my video channel on YouTube where I have over TWO MILLION views on YouTube! (now at: 2,105,500).
Thank you for your support! Are you one of my 4,260 subscribers? I hope you will join me and subscribe! For more We Said Go Travel articles, TV segments, videos and social media: CLICK HERE
Find me on social media with over 150,000 followers. Please follow on TikTok: @LisaNiver, Twitter at @LisaNiver, Instagram @LisaNiver and on Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, and at LisaNiver.com.
My Podcast: “Make Your Own Map!”
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Let your wanderlust guide you to new horizons and unforgettable adventures.
In your travels, may you find not just places, but pieces of yourself waiting to be discovered.
Do you love audiobooks? My memoir, Brave-ish, is available! AND!!! I am the narrator! Did you know that authors have to audition to narrate their books?!!?
Every Shabbat since Oct 7, I have posted on social media about the hostages. I hope that before Passover, they will finally be returned to Israel. Bring Them Home.
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